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title: Why did the war make governments want fast computers? — Computers and the internet · tree and pragmatics
description: Why did the war make governments want fast computers? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 36 «Computers and the internet» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 7 · ★ · Computers and the internet

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Why did the war make governments want fast computers?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** war, governments · **What happens:** do, make, want · **To what, where:** fast computers

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 36 «Computers and the internet» of the history course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/history/36-computers-and-the-internet/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:36-computers-and-the-internet:t7:1
# text = Why did the war make governments want fast computers?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	governments	government	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	xcomp	_	_
8	fast	fast	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	computers	computer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | present | the war |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **want** | present | governments | fast computers |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot computer=Theme |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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To print more money

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:36-computers-and-the-internet:t7:o1:1
# text = To print more money
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	print	print	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
4	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **print** | to-infinitive |  | more money |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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To break enemy codes and do big calculations quickly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:36-computers-and-the-internet:t7:o2:1
# text = To break enemy codes and do big calculations quickly
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	break	break	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	enemy	enemy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	codes	code	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	calculations	calculation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | to-infinitive |  | enemy codes |  |  |  | quickly *property* | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer code=Patient |
| 2 | **do** | present |  | big calculations |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent calculation=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To send holiday photos to soldiers' families back home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:36-computers-and-the-internet:t7:o3:1
# text = To send holiday photos to soldiers' families back home
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	send	send	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	holiday	holiday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	photos	photo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	'	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	families	family	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
9	back	back	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
10	home	home	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | to-infinitive |  | holiday photos |  | soldiers's families |  | home *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent photo=Theme to family=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To play games

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:36-computers-and-the-internet:t7:o4:1
# text = To play games
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	play	play	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	games	game	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | to-infinitive |  | games |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Theme |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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